After last year’s trophyless campaign, Pep Guardiola claimed that Manchester City had “recovered many things” and that his team had promised more from them.
Over the past two transfer windows, the City manager has rebuilt his squad, with the departures of many veteran players, including Ederson, Kevin De Bruyne, and Ilkay Gundogan.
Guardiola defended his side against Arsenal on Sunday, conceding a late goal to draw 1-1 and letting go of runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool.
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At a press conference prior to his team’s League Cup third-round encounter with third-tier Huddersfield on Wednesday, he was asked how his team’s tactics against the Gunners had gone.
He declared, “I’m really proud of this fight.” We “recovered a lot of things” from the previous season’s missed activities. Our spirit is incredible.
We don’t want to play the way we did, and we can’t sustain that for the entire season. But I give Arsenal, the opponent, incredible power and credit.
Guardiola emphasized the importance of a point won against a team that was widely anticipated to be Premier League contenders, Mikel Arteta’s Gunners.
The Spaniard finished last season without a major trophy for the first time in eight years, saying, “Especially since (Manchester) United (a 3-0 win), we start to recover many things that have defined our teams for many, many years.
He continued, “We can do better, yes, we do it.” We could make a few decisions, and yes, we do it.
“Yes, we will play a little bit more with the opponent,” the player says. But first, the spirit that we have displayed this week.
And like a father or a mother takes care of their son, we must take care of this kind of thing.
After five matches, City is currently eight points adrift of champions Liverpool.
Under Guardiola, the team has won the League Cup four times.
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